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With three children's choirs, a handbell choir and an adult choir that will celebrate its 150th year of existence in 2013, music has long been an important part of Trinity Lutheran Church in downtown Sheboygan's existence.

But it wasn't until recently, when a new organ installation was completed, that the church had an instrument to back its active and historic music program.

"Music is part of our congregation; it's part of our identity," Brian Heinlein, music director at Trinity, said. "And the organ we had just wasn't meeting our needs. So we decided we needed to make it right." ...